[Samba] Upgrade 3.0.5 to 3.0.6 causes client hang on file access

[Jeremy Allison]

On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 11:36:25PM +0200, Florian Sukup wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Chris Mills opened already a very similar thread:
> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2004-September/091704.html
> 
> The reason why I open a new thread is, because it happened at upgrading 
> from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6. 
> For the time being I downgraded to keep the system working but I have to 
> find another solution soon ... 
> 
> It happend to me at two computer, both using Debian, one 2.4.18 the 
> other 2.4.20 (this one self compiled).
> 
> It's working with 3.0.5-1 and errors with 3.0.6-3.
> 
> Error description: 
> 
> At the client (WinXP) I can browse but as soon as I want to access a 
> file, the explorer hangs.
> 
> I would really appreciate your help.

Try setting "use sendfile = no" in your smb.conf.
Might be a bug in Kernel 2.4.x sendfile.

Jeremy.